Orange County soldier identified as 1 of the 3 people killed in helicopter crash
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 22, 2021, 5:42pm EST
A solider from Orange County was among the three people killed in a military helicopter crash Wednesday, according to the National Guard.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, from Warwick, was killed along with Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch.
Military officials say the three soldiers belonged to a medical evacuation unit whose mission is to pick up casualties on the battlefield and transport them to military medical facilities.
According to military officials, the UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter flew out of the Army Aviation Support Facility at Rochester International Airport Wednesday night.
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